Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8509, Robert Follett, Conn.

Conn
Follett, Robert
NUMBER _____
L. 8509
carded
CONTENTS

2849. Massachusetts Robert Follett
Bristol in the State of Mass was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain C. H. Webb of the Reg't commanded in the Spay ★ for 18 mos
★ Conn. Line. Nov. 17/04 Record corrected ★
Inscribed on the Roll of Spay at the rate of 60 Dollars ~ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of Dec 1832 and sent A Basset Bristol Co. Mass
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 - $90.- Semiannual allowance ending 4 Mar 33 30.- $120.-
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J H 1693 Blair Clerk Book D. Vol. 2 nd Page 50.

2975- Robert Follet P.S.R.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts, } BRISTOL, ss. }
At a COURT of PROBATE holden at Dighton in and for said County on the thirtieth day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, before the Honorable HODIJAH BAYLIES, Judge of the Probate, &c. for said County, personally appeared Robert Follet a resident of Rehoboth in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, aged sixty seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832, make the following declaration.
That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and served as hereinafter stated; to wit: under Capt. Daniel Allen, Lt. Knowlton, Major Simon Peter, Col. Levi Wells ; the other officers not recollected; in Gen. Spencer's Brigade ; again in what Company he cannot remember, but in the third Connecticut regiment in the Continental army , Lt. Col. Commandant Grossman , the Col. being sick did not join the regiment, the other field officers names are forgotten; again again in the same regiment and Company as last aforesaid; and the particulars of his services he will state in his reply to the fifth interrogatory hereinafter contained;
and further declares as follows, in reply to the interrogatories propounded by the Secretary of War; to wit:
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
Ans. That he was born in Somers in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty four
2. Have you any record of your age; and if so, where is it? I have no record of my age, and state it from what was told me in my boyhood.
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? In said Town of Somers, I lived when called into service; Since the war I have lived in Rehoboth except about two years I lived in the State of Pennsylvania; I removed to Rehoboth when I was about twenty one years old.
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? and if a substitute, for whom? I voluntarily enlisted, the first time in the Connecticut State Troops, the two last times in the Connecticut Continental lines;
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops when you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service. Under Capt. Allen we marched from said Somers to New London where we joined our Company, where we laboured awhile throwing up intrenchments, thence we went to Fort Trumbull a few miles south of New London, and staid there about three months, when we were ordered into Winter quarters at East Haven and staid there until our term of service was out; we served in all eight months, beginning in the first part of July and being discharged in March of the year seventeen hundred and seventy nine (seventeen hundred eighty); for proof of this service I refer to the annexed affidavit of Charles Pease & Nathaniel Tiffany. In the month of August in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one I entered the said third Regiment, I marched from Somers, with others to Pickett in New York where we served on guard and on foraging party in the beginning of December that year we went & collected about seventy loads when our party consisting of about three hundred men on our return in the Town of Erie in the State of Connecticut were attacked by a body of Refugees, whom we repulsed with a loss of three of their men; we served in all four months on this occasion. In the month of June in the following year I again entered the said third regiment, and we marched to West Point  Stamford point on Hudson river somewhere below Pickett, where we served standing guard and marched round the headquarters of Gen. Washington often times; in the month of September I was sent on a detachment to New Jersey near the British lines, on our return there was a drafting through the army of the Troops to go against Cornwallis, I was not drafted on this service and remained at West Point  Stamford point; till the latter part of November, when I went to West Point and remained there until the ninth of December when I was discharged; for proof of these last services I refer to the certificate annexed of the Controller of the State of Connecticut.
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6. Were you a Soldier or an Officer? if a Soldier, did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and, if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? if an Officer, did you ever receive a commission, and if so by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
I was always a private soldier - my discharges I left in my father's house in Somers when I removed to Rehoboth & they have been lost by lapse of time;
7. State the names of the persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution.
I refer to Gideon Peck & Samuel Smith both of Rehoboth, the clergyman whom I attend is too unwell to come to Court
And the said Robert Follett doth further declare that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency of the State of
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
his Robert Follett H. Baylies, Judge of Probate.
WE Gideon Peck residing in Rehoboth and Samuel Smith - residing in the same town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Robert Follett - who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be about thirty seven years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Gideon Peck Samuel Smith H. Baylies, Judge of Probate.

AND the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Gideon Peck who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the Town of Rehoboth in said County of Bristol, and that Samuel Smith who has also signed the same is a resident in said Town, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
A. Baylies, Judge of Probate.
Register of Probate.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } Bristol, ss.
I Anselm Basset Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Robert Hollett of Rehoboth in said County, for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court the day and year first above written.
Anselm Basset

39752
for Follett Rehoboth Bristol Co
Mass.
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18 Mar
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$60.
A Badlett Bristol Co Mass

BRIEF in the case of  Robt Follett  Rehoboth or Bristol Co  in the State of Mass  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 67 Years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 17 79 July 8 - P a Gen. Capt Allen Col L D. B.   81 Augt 4 - Lt Gov Grosvenor   82 June 6 - " " " " "  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Somers  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. P. Blair  Examining Clerk.

Revised
8509 INVALID.
File No. 8509
Robert Follett
First Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832.
Index:—Vol. Vol , Page 029
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Robert Follett — — — which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? _____
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes
V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? yes
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? yes
And is the official character and signature of the magistrate certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Comptrollers Office Aug. 22. 1832 I Elisha Phelps Comptroller of Public Accounts for the State of Connecticut, do certify, that it appears from the books of the Pay Table remaining in this Office, that Robert Follet was credited "1781 By service in the Continental Army in the 3 d Reg t from August 29 th to December " 7 th 3 rd 29 days at 40/ per mo. ————— £6, 12, 0 " By 9 days error in the time of discharge 0 12, 0 " By 12 do to go and return ————— 0, 16, 0 £8, 0, 0,"
and debited "1782 Sept r 13 th To order on Treasurer — 2/6 Tax £8, 0, 0," Also, that a Note N o 81 dated December 9 th 1783 issued to him, for payment of short leave in the Continental Army in 1782 for £12, 2, 8. The duration of his service, in 1782, does not appear upon the books; nor upon any pay roll or copy of a Pay Roll that I have yet found. But as a voucher for issuing said Note, I find the following, "State of Connecticut To Robert

To wages as a short levy in the Continental Army from the 13 th of June to the 9 th of December 1782 being 5 mo. 26 days at £11, 14, 8 To 6 days allowed to return at 1/4. ————— 0 8, 0 £12, 2, 8
Hartford December 9 th 1783 Rec d of Paytable Committee an order on Treasurer to secure the payment of twelve pounds two shillings and eight pence lawful money in full of the above account. sign, Robert Foltet.
In the premises, of which the preceding is a copy, I find enclosed, Gen. Huntington's discharge, as follows, viz, "Robert Foltet (a short levy) is discharged the service. West Point December 9 th 1782. sign, J Huntington B.F."
Eliza Phelps
I further certify, that it appears from the Books of the Pay Table, that in the year 1779 January 26 th there was charged to Capt Daniel Allen for clothing £8, 18, 0; & on the 6 th day of October, next ensuing, for sundries supplied his family £0, 11, 6. Eliza Phelps

To whom it may concern
The Deposition of Charles Pease & Nathan- iel Diffey of Somers. etc - Taken at the request of Robert Talbot of Rehoboth. Mass
Taken by
Walter Atkibee Justice of peace

We Charles Pease & Nathaniel Tiffey both of Somers, in Tolland County in the State of Connecticut of lawful age testify & say, that rec. is one Robert Tillet Jr, then of said Somers, now resident in the Town of Rehoboth, in the County of Bristol, in the State of Massachusetts - at said time in the first part of July 1779. Somers, enlisted into the Connecticut State Service in Simon Tabor of said Somers. Ensign for the term of Eight Months, that they marched from Somers to New London. Ct. & were all there & placed in a com- pany of Connecticut State Troops, under the command of Capt Daniel Allen of Ashford. At Lieut Knowlton, of Connecticut, Tabor not reelected, & Ensign Simon Tabor of said Somers, the Company was annexed to a Regiment, commanded by Colo Lewis Wells of Elling- ton. Ct. & annexed to a Brigade under the command of Genl. Spencer; the Company laboured, accordingly, on Tabor Hill Fort, & were stationed at Fort Ticonderoga some part of the time, the Company continued at Fort Ticon- deroga till cold weather set in, when Capt Allen's Company were ordered into Winter quarters, at East- Haven. Ct. the Company remained at East-Haven, Ct. until the month of March 1780 & was then discharged. At Tillet performed Duty in said Company for the term of Eight Months, & was discharged, at East-Haven, with us, in the Month of March 1780, by Capt. Allen - & further the Deponents say not -
At. B. Interlined before signing; attest: W. O'Brien Supt. of Prison
Charles Pease Nathaniel Tiffey

State of Connecticut Tolland County ss
On this 24 th day of August A.D. 1832, personally appear- ed Charles Pease & Nathaniel Tiffey, whom being sworn, are affixed to the foregoing Deposition & being duly cautioned, examined & sworn, made oath to the Truth of the Deposition of said by them, and subscribed, taken at the request of Robert Tabbet Attest Walter A. Kibler Just. Peace
State of Connecticut. Tolland County ss -
This certifies that Charles Pease & Nathaniel Tif- fey, whose genuine signatures, were annexed to the foregoing Deposition, in my presence, are both Inhabi- tants of the Town of Farmington in Tolland County. Ct. have been long personally known to the subscribers, & sustain a character for Truth -
Farmington August 24. 1832
Attest Walter A. Kibler Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut } County of Tolland } S. S. Clerk's office
I Jeremiah Parish Clerk of Tolland County Court do hereby certify that Walter R. Kibbe Esq. before whom on the 24th day of August 1832 the foregoing depositions of Charles Fenn & Nathaniel Tiffany were taken & executed is a justice of Peace within and for the County of Tolland legally appointed and authorized to administer oaths and take depositions, — and also that the signature to the foregoing certificates purporting to be the signatures of sd Justice Kibbe are as I verily be- lieve his genuine signatures —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 24th day of August AD 1832
Jeremiah Parish Clerk